VIRGINIA DISC ONE Copyright (c) 1988, 1989, 1990 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University All Rights Reserved. Produced and Supported by Nimbus Records Inc. Grants by Nimbus Records Inc. Center for Innovative Technology State Council for Higher Education Assisted by AT&T Document Development Organization BOX Company, Inc. Highlighted Data, Inc. NCR Corporation Personal Library Software Verity, Inc. Published by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Press Editor, Project Director, Principal Investigator Edward A. Fox, Dept. of Computer Science 562 McBryde Hall, VPI&SU, Blacksburg VA 24061-0106 Co-Principal Investigator (on grant from State Council) Paul M. Gherman, Director, University Libraries VPI&SU, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0434 Nimbus Representative Larry Boden, Manager, CD-ROM Marketing, Nimbus Information Systems P.O. Box 7305, Charlottesville, VA 22906 (804) 985-1100 (street address: State Rd 629, Guildford Farm, Ruckersville VA 22968) Copyrights: This disc contains copyrighted material from many sources. You must respect the conditions for use and distribution as stated in the booklet or in the help screens and related files on Virginia Disc One. Table of Contents Introduction Highlights of Virginia Disc One Installation Instructions Use Instructions Deinstallation Instructions Major Software Packages Searchable Data Collections Downloadable Data Collections DVI Image and Video Presentation Data Acknowledgements Copyrights and Trademarks Donations License Agreements Introduction Virginia Disc One was conceived at the 1987 Microsoft CDROM Conference through discussions between personnel of Nimbus Records, Highlighted Data, and VPI&SU. Nimbus agreed to fund a research and development effort at VPI&SU, and further support was provided by the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology and the State Council for Higher Education. By 1990, it is hoped that three CDROM masters (and many copies) will be produced as a result of this effort. Virginia Disc One is the first fruit of this collaborative project. We hope it will demonstrate the feasibility of local publishing of CDROMs, especially by universities, and stimulate the interest of people in Virginia and elsewhere in both CDROM and innovative approaches to information storage and retrieval. Virginia Discs Two and Three will republish some of the data from Disc One in different forms, to stimulate comparison and to reflect lessons learned. Additional databases and retrieval software will be included, with special emphasis on library collections on Disc Two and on Macintosh use of UNIX-type software and data on Disc Three. Though Virginia Disc One has varied contents, the single most important area included is USDA (US Dept. of Agric.) Extension information, a suitable theme for a disc produced by one of the nation's land grant institutions. Another major emphasis is on computer science, also appropriate because of the background of the development team, and made possible because of the support provided by the Association for Computing Machinery and other organizations and individuals. The following pages describe how to use the CDROM, briefly introduce software and data included, and identify many of those whose efforts have made this production possible. If you wish to support our research you may contribute as described in the "Donations" section. We also welcome comments and suggestions so we may improve our future efforts, sent to: Dr. Edward A. Fox, Dept. of Computer Science, VPI&SU 562 McBryde Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0106 Phone (703) 231-5113, FAX (703) 231-7826. Internet: fox@vtopus.cs.vt.edu; BITNET: foxea@vtcc1 Highlights of Virginia Disc One Approximate Number of Files: 6000 Approximate Size: 600 megabytes Number of Searchable Databases: more than 30 Length of "Slide Demo": 30 minutes Principal Uses: * Search USDA Extension collections on agriculture, consumer information, gardening, etc. * Search ACM's Guide to the Computing Literature, publication list, and useful directories / manuals; bibliography of computer articles; texts from Computer World, electronic mail collections IRList and AIList; English word list; King James Bible; Veterinary Drug Products; Virginia genealogy; VPI&SU faculty expertise database or Self Study report. * Download data useful for architecture, geography, image processing, information retrieval, surveying, etc. Principal Software Packages Involved: * Personal Librarian (tm) -- Boolean or ranked retrieval of text documents * TOPIC (tm) -- Boolean rule-based fuzzy retrieval of full-text passages * Window Book (tm) Technology -- fast, easy-to-use hypertext system Installation Instructions Please read this entire section at least once before beginning the installation procedure! Virginia Disc One has been mastered according to the ISO 9660 standard. While other computers can examine the data, our software will normally be run from an IBM PS/2, PC/AT, PC/XT or compatible computer. You need about 4 Mbytes of free space on your hard disk and can access even more of the data if you have a CGA card. You will need about 8 Mbytes more free space if you wish to run the TOPIC retrieval software. You should have DOS 3.3 or a later revision if you want to use our menu system. We presume you are familiar with DOS and with using CDROM products; if not then please obtain assistance as needed if you have questions about our instructions. If you want to access an editor or see figures during search sessions with Personal Librarian, you must have Microsoft Extensions version 2.0 or later (available from the manufacturer of your CDROM drive). Before installing the software, there are several things you must know, such as: 1) Whether your monitor is color (and if it is CGA) or monochrome 2) On what drive and in what directory on that drive you wish to install the software. The installation procedure will also ask you for the name of a drive and for the name of a new directory. During installation that directory will be created and some necessary data and software will be copied to it. 3) The name of an editor or word processor, if any, that you use frequently and wish to use with the Personal Librarian software. Typically you will use the default editor, PC-Write, that is provided on the CDROM. 4) On what drive and directory your DOS commands are located (e.g., c:\dos or c:\) We recommend that you write this information down for handy access before installation commences, and that you also save copies of all startup and related files you have previously specialized for your computer or network configuration (e.g., autoexec.bat and config.sys). To simplify use, we have applied the Automenu package. Set up your computer so that the CDROM is accessible, typically through the Microsoft Extensions. Load the Virginia Disc One CDROM in your drive, go to the CDROM root directory by entering the drive letter assigned to the CDROM, e.g. "f:", and enter "install harddrive:" from the CDROM root directory. For example, if you have a hard disk drive called c, enter "install c:". A screen containing introductory information about the installation procedure will appear. After reviewing the information, press "x" and a menu with an option to start the installation will appear. Select that option if you are ready to continue. You will be prompted to answer a few questions. When you have finished answering the questions, the information you entered will be redisplayed and you choose whether or not you wish to continue. At any time up to this point you may press "ESC" to exit the installation which may be later restarted. When you indicate that all of the answers you supplied are correct, the system will proceed to install the appropriate software in the drive and directory that you named. A sample "autoexec.vad" file will be created in the drive and directory that you specified for the installation. The SET commands and PATH entries in that sample file must be added to the autoexec.bat file used to boot your system (or you may rename the autoexec.vad file as a batch file with a name you will remember, and execute it each time before running the Virginia Disc One applications). When the installation procedure has been completed, it will remind you to make the necessary modifications to autoexec.bat. Also, be sure your config.sys file has adequate settings: buffers=20 files=32 device=ansi.sys After modifying your autoexec.bat file and making sure that config.sys has appropriate settings (as mentioned above), reboot your system and run "vadisc" from the CDROM root directory. You will be placed in an introductory screen. When you have finished reviewing the screen, press "x" and the Virginia Disc One Main Menu will appear. Use Instructions We suggest that at first you select and run the roughly 30 minute "slide demo" of an earlier version of the disc, which can be called from the top level menu. Robert Williams has used the RDEMO2 package (see \slides) to give a flavor for many of the packages and files by way of a sequence of screen dumps. Press ESC when done. Once you are using the menus, you need only follow the directions. Sometimes you will be using the List utility which allows you to browse documents. At other times you use information retrieval packages called TOPIC or Personal Librarian. Follow the instructions for each of those packages, and return to the menus to explore further. In many cases when you are outside of the menus, the ESC key will allow you to exit and get back to the menu. Please take time to read the overview description files accessible beginning at the top level menu, since the following documentation is limited by space to the minimum possible. You may mostly want to use Virginia Disc One for one key collection or package, but we encourage you to try the other useful routines too. Please be patient as you learn the system and its many aspects; since we have drawn data and programs from so many sources to serve as many different interests as possible, transitions may be awkward and the system as a whole is not as tightly integrated or as polished as it might be. Remember that this is the result of a research venture to demonstrate the value of local publishing at universities, and to showcase the possibilities of CDROM and information retrieval as an aid to many groups of professionals. The menus provide three types of access: 1) reading about the disc contents, 2) accessing routines/data according to software that provides that access, or 3) accessing routines/data by subject area or data type. Use whichever is appropriate for your needs at any given moment. The Downloadable Data Collections are best used after reading the description below, and the "readme" files included in the various directories. You can examine them as-is, or copy them off as long as you follow guidelines from the submitters. The DVI Image and Video Presentation Data is a bit more specialized, but those with suitable equipment should, given the "readme" files, be able to play them back or display them to learn more about compressed images and digital video. The suppliers of the various databases and programs are interested in your comments. We hope that as you learn about what they have supplied and about CDROM use, you will help them perfect their information products. Deinstallation Instructions To deinstall the Virginia Disc One Software, (1) simply remove all directories and files in the work directory that you named during the installation, OR (2) go to the CDROM root directory and enter "dinstall." If you added SET commands and/or updated the PATH command in your autoexec.bat file, those entries should be removed too. Major Software Packages Automenu: * This menu package is used to simplify access to the many files and programs on the disc. Magee Enterprises agreed to let us distribute the run-time application of their package for this use. Contact: Sandy West, Director of Marketing, Magee Enterprises, 6577 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Norcross, GA 30092-3796, (404) 446-6611. dBASE III Plus ((tm) Ashton-Tate 1984-1986): * This package is not provided but if a licensed copy is owned it can be used to access the data files for U.S. population records (\geogpop) or the Veterinary Drug programs and files (\vet). FoxBASE+: * The programs for the Veterinary Drug Products data (in \vet), written in dBASE III Plus, have been compiled using FoxBASE+. Note that FoxBASE may not be able to execute if other programs are memory resident. Note that a password is not required to run these programs. Simply press the enter key when the password prompt appears. Note that FoxBASE does not run with IBM DOS Versions beyond 3.3. HyperLink: * This hypertext package was used to develop a linked form of a doctoral dissertation that appears in directory \ipis (see Searchable Data Collection "IPIS-Hypertext"). For more details contact Neil Larson, MaxThink, 44 Rincon, Kensington, CA 94707, (415) 428-0104. PC-Write (in \pcwrite): * Shareware editor used as the default editor for Personal Librarian. Contact: Quicksoft, Inc. Personal Librarian (PL in \pl, WPL in \wpl): * Many data files have been indexed and made searchable through this package. Each file has been divided into a collection of documents that have been automatically indexed using a stop-word list to create a dictionary of full-text terms in various fields, along with an inverted file to provide fast access. Queries can be lists of words or Boolean queries with truncation, wildcard searching, ranking, proximity operators, field restrictions, etc. In addition to the regular Personal Librarian (PL), which will run on most systems using DOS, there is Windows Personal Librarian (tm) which requires a fast processor and will only work if you can run Microsoft Windows (using your own version or a run-time version supplied with the search program). For information regarding the use of this software enter "help" when using a Personal Librarian database. The default editor included is PC-Write. Note that to escape to the editor, or to escape to see figures as when searching the Virginia Master Gardener Handbook, you must have version 2.0 or later of Microsoft CDROM Extensions if you use PL. Contact: Dr. Matthew Koll, Personal Library Software, (301) 926-1402. Perfect Hash Functions (PHF in \hashing): * Our software routine is used to demonstrate the applicability of perfect hashing methods to accessing information on CDROMs. Perfect hashing allows direct access to data with no collisions and with minimal space; we have built a perfect hash function for a collection of 130,198 words. Users can enter a word that might appear in the Collins English Dictionary or in the AIList mail collection, and instantly find that word and its associated identifier. Software was developed by Qi Fan Chen and Whay C. Lee (with prior work by Sanjeev Datta) at the Dept. of Computer Science, VPI&SU, under the supervision of Dr. E. A. Fox. TOPIC: * TOPIC is a full-text retrieval system incorporating artificial intelligence and fuzzy set concepts, supporting reusable topic specifications that can form the kernel of more complex queries. Two demos have been prepared for searching by TOPIC (\aitopic): the AIList digest collection (\aitopic\ailist) and Computer World texts (\aitopic\cw). The AIList digest collection is searchable by Personal Librarian (\ailist) as well. TOPIC makes use of the Random House Thesaurus and TMSFAX software. Contact: C. Reid, Verity, Inc., (415) 960-7600. Window Book Technology: * This hypertext system can be used with the Master Gardener Handbook (\veg for regular use and \vegwithg for version with graphics for gardening figures). It allows hypertext methods to be used on a simple IBM PC. Contact: BOX Company Inc., (617) 576-0892. (Inquire about newer software releases from F.V. Fortmiller). Searchable Data Collections ACM (Association for Computing Machinery): * The 1987 ACM Publications Catalog is available for browsing (\acmpub). * Four collections can be searched using Personal Librarian (PL) * 1986 ACM Guide to the Computing Literature (\guide86) * 1988 ACM Administrative Directory -- computing centers (\acmcomp) * 1988 ACM Administrative Directory -- academic institutions (\acmacad) * 1988 ACM Policies and Procedures Manual (\acmpol) * Permission has also been given to download 2 information retrieval test collections for research purposes only (i.e., 2 collections of abstracts from Communications of the ACM in \down\ircolls; see Information Retrieval Test Collections below). Computer World (Computer Publications Database): * This collection of 2351 computer articles from the Computer World publication has been supplied by CW Publishing Inc., Framingham, MA 01701 for indexing using TOPIC. It can be accessed only by running TOPIC. Electronic Mail Digest Archives Through 1987: * Artificial Intelligence List (AIList) Digest and Information Retrieval List (IRList) Digest are included with permission of the moderators (Kenneth Laws, Edward Fox, respectively). Both can be searched with Personal Librarian ( from \ailist and \irlist); 7490 articles in AIList are also searchable with TOPIC (\aitopic). The original text with some additional messages is available in \down. Contact: Dr. E.A. Fox, VPI&SU. Inter-American Compendium of Registered Veterinary Drug Products (\vet): * Information about approved products throughout the Americas, accessible by dBASE III Plus programs running under FoxBASE+, which does not run with IBM DOS versions beyond 3.3. Contact: Dr. R. Talbot, VPI&SU. IPIS-Hypertext (\ipis): * The Integrated Preservation Information System is a hypertext application developed by C. B. Kennedy to address information management issues relevant to Historic Preservation and the Architecture Profession. This is based on his Ph.D. dissertation and uses HyperLink software from MaxThink, Inc. Hit F1 for help anytime. Contact Dr. B. Kennedy, 801 Toms Creek Rd., Blacksburg, VA 24060. King James Bible: * Both the Old and New Testaments of the King James Bible can be searched using the Personal Librarian. Searching may be at either the chapter (\kjvc) or verse level (\kjvv). Files are also available for downloading (in \down\kjv); see below. The Bible was provided in diskette form by Dr. Richard Barnhart of Liberty University, Virginia. Contact: Dr. E.A. Fox, VPI&SU. Perfect Hash Functions (\hashing): * A lookup routine for 130,198 words to show one of our schemes for perfect hashing of words on CDROMs. See above description under "Software." Rutgers' Information Retrieval Database (RIRD): * The database was assembled during a study conducted from 1985 until 1987. This and several other studies are a part of a long-term effort whose collective aim is to contribute to a formal, scientific characterization of the elements involved in information seeking, searching and retrieving, particularly in relation to the cognitive context and human decisions and interactions involved. (Contact: Dr. Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers' University, 201/932-8017, who obtained copyright permission to release the data for this research.) In addition to its original form in the directory (\down\ircolls\rird), this database is available for searching using PL in \dialog. University of Melbourne Computer Science Bibliography: * A very large collection of references in the computer science area, giving full citations, has been provided by Zoltan Somogyi of the Dept. of Computer Science, Melbourne University. One version can be searched using Personal Librarian (\melbib). The other version can be downloaded ( from \down\bib); see below. University Self Study (VPI&SU, undertaken 1986-88): * This report which surveys the last 10 years at VPI&SU provides valuable information in full-text form regarding the history and plans for VPI&SU. One version is suitable for browsing (\vtssbrow); a second can be searched using the Personal Librarian (\ss). Contact: Dr. D. Hinkle, VPI&SU. USDA Extension Information: * List of Virginia publication titles (PL searchable in \publist)) * General Information Fact Sheets on agriculture, clothing & textiles, gardening, health & nutrition, home & financial management, home economics, pests, rural community development, and youth leadership (PL searchable): * all fact sheets combined (in \facts), or portions available separately from Virginia (in \virg),South Carolina (in \sc), Louisiana (Teletips in \louis) * Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System (FAIRS) and data (in \fairs) * Florida Pest Control GUIDES (\guide) on insect, weed, and nematode control * Virginia Master Gardener Handbook, accessible by hypertext (Window Book, normally run from \veg, or from \vegwithg if you support graphics) and full-text searching (Personal Librarian in \mgh) with figures (in \images) if your display supports graphics - a training and reference guide on gardening * Recipe Nutritional Analysis (\recipe) by a computerized worksheet scheme (requires color monitor) * Pesticide Spray Bulletin (PL searchable in \sprayblt) U.S. Geographical & Population Data: * Data in dBASE III format is stored for all cities and counties in the U.S. in subdirectories \geogpop\cities and \geogpop\counties. Population information can be found in the subdirectory \geogpop\places. Contact Dr. William Carstensen, VPI&SU. Virginia Genealogical Database (\vagen01): * A highly compressed form of record about Virginia's families before the Civil War searchable with PL. Contact: Progenesys Press, PO Box 2623, Christiansburg VA 24068. Virginia Tech Faculty Expertise Database (\xpert): * A database of profiles about some of the VPI&SU faculty as of January 1988, searchable with PL. Contact: Dr. G. Hooper, VPI&SU. Downloadable Data Collections Public Domain Data (mostly in \down): ------------------------------------- Several collections can be copied to your hard disk, providing ready access to useful data in various areas. Generally this information is not copyrighted, but check in the relevant directories to be sure, looking at the "readme" or related files. You might choose the menu option for issuing a single DOS command to undertake your copying. Generally, however, we expect users of this data to simply address the CDROM as a large DOS disk, and to invoke conventional DOS commands and other software to examine and copy the data. * Artificial Intelligence List (AIList) Digest (\down\ailist) Electronic mail messages on artificial intelligence, distributed by moderator Kenneth Laws. See also searchable version in \ailist. Contact: Dr. E.A. Fox, VPI&SU. * Architecture Images (\down\archdata) The drawings of a proposed design of the research and demonstration facility building for the environmental systems laboratory - a part of the college of Architecture at VPI&SU are available as AUTOCAD files in \down\archdata\autocad. Images of national park service structures at Mt. Rainier national park are available in \down\archdata\targa16. The images were captured with a AT&T TARGA 16 frame grab board. Some of the files are displayable using a TARGA 16 board and some using a VGA board. Contact: C. Barrett Kennedy, VPI&SU Architecture Dept. * Dual Independent Map Format (\down\dimeco) The DIMECO file contains all of the state and county outlines, i.e., boundaries for the 3000+ counties of the United States in topological format. Boundaries may be located by state, county or both. Contact: Dr. William Carstensen, VPI&SU. * Florida Extension Images (\down\flimages) Demonstration images of flora and fauna native to Florida, digitized and stored with an AT&T Targa 16 image capture board, converted to binary load format for display on an MCGA (IBM PS/2 Model 25 or 30) or VGA (Models 50+) with TEGA software available from Videotext Systems, Dallas, Texas, (214) 343-4500. Technical contact, Gary Peterson, Michigan State University, (517) 355-1890. Subject matter contact: Pierre Jones, Univ. of Florida, (904) 392-8535. * Information Retrieval List (IRList) Digest (\down\irlist) Electronic mail messages on information retrieval, distributed by moderator Edward A. Fox. See also searchable version in \irlist. Contact: Dr. E.A. Fox, VPI&SU. * Information Retrieval Test Collections (\down\ircolls) Some of the more frequently used collections of documents, queries, and relevance judgments used for information retrieval experiments, including ADI, CACM (2 versions), CISI, CRAN, MED, and NPL. Subdirectories RIRD (Rutgers collection developed using Dialog), TIME (old collection originally assembled at Cornell), and LISA (from Sheffield Univ.) contain other good collections. Note also that in another part of the disc are two large document collections of electronic digest messages (i.e., AIList and IRList - see "Electronic Mail Digest ..." above). Contact Dr. Edward Fox, VPI&SU for more information. See also the description of a medical test collection below. * King James Bible (\down\kjv) See Searchable Data Collection "King James Bible" * National Library of Medicine test collection (\down\nlm) The National Library of Medicine (NLM) test collection consists of over 3078 retrieved MEDLINE citation records, with relevance judgments, for 155 questions asked of the MEDLINE database at either the NLM library or the National Institute of Health library during 1985. The questions were asked by health professionals and represent three major content areas: Health Services Research, Clinical Medicine Research, and Basic Science Research. Write to Dr.Alexa T. McCray, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland 20894. * Survey Points in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, MD (\down\survpt) North American Data has compiled a database of survey points from the National Geodetic Survey. Separate files for different regions as well as one file containing points for all regions are included. Contact: Dr. Steven Johnson, VPI&SU. * University of Maryland CVL Images (\down\graphic) A collection of over 200 images for researchers, along with image headers, including stereo pairs, "mug shots," textures, aerial photos - all in the "pics" subdirectory. The "progs" subdirectory has UNIX programs written in C for processing the header files on a VAX. Contact: Dr. C. Shaffer, VPI & SU. * University of Melbourne Computer Science Bibliography (\down\bib) See Searchable Data Collection "University of Melbourne Computer Science Bibliography" * U.S. Geographical & Population Data (\geogpop) See Searchable Data Collection "U.S. Population & Geographical Data" * U.S. Geological Data (\down\carstens) U.S. Geological Survey data, compiled by the U.S. Department of the Interior, includes digital elevation models, digital line graph data, land use/land cover data and population/place data. Contact: Dr. William Carstensen, VPI&SU. DVI (tm) Image and Video Presentation Data Directory \dvi has files that are usable with the Pro750 (tm) Application Development Platform provided by Intel Corporation for DVI (digital video interactive) work. These files were prepared at VPI&SU with support from NCR Corporation and the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology. Subdirectories have various contents: * av has full motion video sequences from VPI&SU and from NCR Corp.'s "Product Theatre" * img files are stills for the VPI&SU demonstration of DVI technology that goes along with av * archimgs has 66 images from "A Visual Text: History of Architecture" videodisc, showing scenes from different parts of the world at 512x480 with 9 bits/pixel * archtake has 72 takes of the Parthenon, at different filtering, resolution, bits/pixel * archcomp has those 72 takes compressed in several forms Acknowledgements Many people have provided assistance during the course of this project. Their encouragement, advice, cooperation, time, assistance, data, software, and other contributions are hereby acknowledged. Special thanks are given to the following individuals, grouped according to their role: Graduate Research Assistants Funded by these Grants Whay C. Lee Marybeth Weaver Smith Secretaries Funded by Grants Joy Davis Karen Davis Students and Staff Volunteering their Time and Effort Amjad M. Daoud Prabhakar M. Koushik Qi Fan Chen Shai Hanani Robert F. Williams Raul B. Quizon Richard C. Windham Extension Interactive Design and Development Group Mary G. Miller Leslye Bloom James R. Johnson Joseph C. Kelley Carolyn Agnew Judith A. Wright Extension Computing Resources Craig Woods Mary Ellen Pierson Nimbus Primary Contact Larry Boden University Libraries Lowell Ashley David Beagle Thomas Callaghan Pamela Engelbrecht Harry Kriz Marilyn Norstedt Linda Wilson AT&T Document Development Organization Bob Nelson Phil Daniels Jim Terry Mark Arrey Copyrights and Trademarks Virginia Disc One - 1988, 1989, 1990 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All Rights Reserved. Not for Sale. 1986 ACM Guide to the Computing Literature (c) 1986 Association for Computing Machinery 1988 ACM Administrative Directory of College & University Computer Science (Data Processing Programs and Computer Facilities) (c) 1988 Association for Computing Machinery Communications of the ACM (c) 1958-1990 Association for Computing Machinery Other ACM material republished by permission of Association for Computing Machinery Automenu (c) 1983-86 Magee Enterprises A Visual Text: History of Architecture (Videodisc) (c) 1988 Humberto Leonardo Rodriguez-Camilloni, Abbye Alexander Gorin, VPI&SU Collins Dictionary of the English Language (c) 1979, 1985 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. Computer World (Computer Publications Database) (c) 1989 CW Publishing Inc. FoxBASE+ (tm) (c) 1987 Fox Software HyperLink (c) 1989 MaxThink, Inc. IPIS-Hypertext (c) 1989 C. Barrett Kennedy Key-Fake (c) 1986 Ziff-Davis Publishing Co. Library and Information Science Abstracts (c) 1982 Library Association List (c) 1987 Vernon D. Buerg NLM Test Collection (c) 1988 National Library of Medicine Some material in the NLM databases is from copyrighted publications of the respective copyright claimants. PC-Write (tm) (c) 1987 Quicksoft, Inc. Personal Librarian (tm) (c) 1983-1989 Personal Library Software Product Theatre (c) 1989 NCR Corporation Random House Thesaurus (c) 1960 Random House Inc. RDEMO2 Program - Version RD2-V2/B (c) 1985, 1986, 1987 Software Garden, Inc. Rutgers' Information Retrieval Database (c) 1988 Rutgers University Terminate & Stay Resident Utilities (c) 1986, 1987 Kim Kokkonen TMSFAX (compression, decompression and display software) (c) 1989 TMS, Inc. Topic (tm) (c) 1987-1989 Verity, Inc. University of Melbourne Computer Science Bibliography (c) 1988 University of Melbourne University Self-Study 1987-1988 (c) 1988 VPI&SU Virginia Genealogical Database (c) 1988 John and Carolyn Cosgriff Vtree (c) 1986 Ziff-Davis Publishing Co. Window Book (tm) Technology Version WB3.1E (c) 1984-1987 BOX Co. Inc. Windows Personal Librarian (tm) (c) 1988, 1989 Personal Library Software Thank you all for supporting this research effort! - Edward A. Fox Note: This disc contains copyrighted material from many authors. Please respect their conditions for use and distribution. Donations The CDROM you have received has been developed in connection with research projects undertaken at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI&SU or Virginia Tech), primarily in the Department of Computer Science but with the assistance of the Library and the Extension Division (Interactive Design and Development). If you would like to provide a donation for the general support of this type of research, you can send a check payable to the Virginia Tech Foundation and mail it to Virginia Tech Foundation c/o Computer Science CD-ROM Research Fund University Development 201 Pack Building Blacksburg, VA 24061 We are distributing CDROMs in the Virginia Disc Series free of charge, and these discs cannot be sold or directly used for commercial advantage. We hope that you will assist us in questionnaires and surveys relating to your experiences with the discs, and that we will all learn more as the CDROM industry further develops. Thanks! - Ed Fox (BITNET:foxea@vtcc1 or Internet:fox@vtopus.cs.vt.edu) (703) 231-5113 or 6931, FAX (703) 231-7826 LICENSE AGREEMENTS IF YOU USE VIRGINIA DISC ONE YOU MUST AGREE TO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING: A) To abide by the User Agreement in Section I below with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061 (hereafter VPI&SU) B) To abide by the User Agreement in Section II below with Personal Library Software Inc., 15215 Shady Grove Rd., Suite 204, Rockville, MD 20850-3235 (hereafter PLS) C) To acknowledge receipt of the information from Microsoft Corporation about Microsoft Windows, given in Section III below. Section I. USER AGREEMENT with VPI&SU Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (herein called VPI&SU) has prepared Virginia Disc One (VAD1), a CDROM containing a collection of programs and data of various types. We have included our own proprietary software systems, have included (with permission or according to indicated rights of use) copyrighted software from a number of other sources (including, for example, Automenu, FoxBASE, Key-Fake, List, PC-Write, Personal Librarian, Terminate & Stay Resident Utilities, Topic, Vtree, Window Book Technology Version WB3.1E, and Windows Personal Librarian), have included copyrighted data from many sources (including, for example, ACM, NCR Corporation, University of Maryland, University of Melbourne, VPI&SU, and John and Carolyn Cosgriff), have included public domain or sharable data from many sources (including National Geodetic Survey, University of Florida, U.S. Department of the Interior, and VPI&SU), have developed applications using licensed and/or copyrighted software packages, have created index and other auxiliary files to go along with data provided to us, have added in documentation and other illustrative information, and have organized and tested all of these items in order to further the aims of our research in information storage and retrieval and CDROM publishing and access. VPI&SU is willing to grant right to use VAD1 to the End User, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below. THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, including the rights and license granted in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound, VPI&SU and the End User agree as follows: GRANT: VPI&SU grants to End User the non-exclusive right and license to use VAD1, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. End User agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions. TRANSFER OF END USER'S LICENSE: End User does not have the right to sell or give away End User's copy of the CDROM without the written consent of VPI&SU. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS: End User agrees to abide by the proprietary rights of VPI&SU and of all the software and data providers who have supplied files for inclusion on VAD1. 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(PLS), a Maryland company, has developed proprietary software systems (herein called the PLS Software) which it calls Personal Librarian (tm) and Windows Personal Librarian (tm). This software consists of information storage and retrieval programs which are capable of creating and searching textual data bases. PLS is willing to grant right to use the PLS Software to the End User, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below. THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, including the rights and license granted in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound, PLS and the End User agree as follows: GRANT: PLS grants to End User the non-exclusive right to use the PLS Software, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. MULTIPLE COPIES: This agreement permits End User to use the PLS Software on one micro-computer at one location only in connection with use of Virginia Disc One. If End User intends to use the PLS Software on more than one microcomputer or on a multi-processor, by which multiple users may access a common disk memory, or separate from use of Virginia Disc One, then user fees must be paid to PLS. User manuals for PLS Software must also be paid for, and are available from PLS. TRANSFER OF END USER'S LICENSE: End User does not have the right to sell End User's copy of the PLS Software without the written consent of PLS. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS OF PLS: End User agrees that PLS is the sole and exclusive owner of all rights to the PLS Software system. End User will make copies of the PLS Software only for the purposes of installation and use of Virginia Disc One or for related backup requirements. End User acknowledges that the PLS Software is a trademark of PLS and may not be used withouut PLS's consent. 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Invalidity or un-enforceability of one provision will not affect any other provision of this Agreement. ENTIRE AGREEMENT: This is the entire agreement between the parties as to the use of the PLS Software by the End User and there are no other contracts, expressed or implied. This Agreement may only be modified in writing with approval by PLS. Section III. Windows Personal Librarian and Microsoft Windows Personal Library Software Inc.'s Windows Personal Librarian operates in a graphics environment called Microsoft Windows, created by Microsoft Corporation. An extension of the MS-DOS operating system, Microsoft Windows gives a standard look and feel to Windows Personal Librarian and all other Windows applications. The Windows Personal Librarian package contains all the software necessary to run Windows Personal Librarian. You can also run Windows Personal Librarian under Microsoft Windows version 2.0 or higher. With Microsoft Windows, you can take advantage of these additional features of the Windows environment: - Running multiple applications: You can run several applications under Windows at one time and easily switch between them, creating an integrated work environment. - Data exchange between applications: You can transfer data between Windows Personal Librarian and other standard DOS applications as well as other Windows applications. - Windows control of the DOS environment: From the Windows environment you can easily access all Windows and non-Windows applications, files, directories, and disks, and control all DOS-related tasks such as directory or file management and formatting disks. To run Windows Personal Librarian under Microsoft Windows, you need to license and install Microsoft version 2.0 or higher. [Cut at the line below, fold at next line, fill in, and mail, please] -----------------------cut here please------------------------------------- Place Stamp Here Dr. Edward A. Fox Dept. of Computer Science 562 McBryde Hall Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. Blacksburg VA 24061-0106 -----------------------fold here please------------------------------------- Name _______________________________________________________________ Title _______________________________________________________________ Department _______________________________________________________________ Organization _______________________________________________________________ Street Address______________________________________________________________ City _______________________________________________________________ State _____________________ Zip __________________________ Phone _____________________ FAX __________________________ What is your primary job activity that relates to this CDROM? Who will use this disc; rank all that apply (put 1 before most likely user, 2 before next, ...): You personally Shared by your department Shared in your library Will you be willing to fill in a more in-depth questionnaire later if one is sent to you? Did installation proceed smoothly? If not, what were principal problems? What programs, databases or files do you plan to work with? Please circle all that apply: Extension information Information retrieval collections Versions of the Bible Computer science databases Hypertext software Retrieval software Other ____________________________________ Additional comments on Virginia Disc One: